Monday, March 17, 2014

SOCAM Saga: Supreme Court Vindicates Ama Tutu Muna

Ama Tutu Muna

The tussle as to who is the
Board Chair of Cameroon Music Corporation SOCAM has partially been laid to
rest. This is so because the lawsuit filed by ace Musician Ndedi Eyango
requesting on the Supreme Court to overrule a decision by Arts and Culture
Minister rejecting his election as Board Chairman of SOCAM was thrown out of
court. The decision which many thought would quench the brouhaha between Arts
and Culture Minister Ama Tutu Muna, and ace Cameroonian born musician Ndedi
Eyango is seemingly a partial antidote to the crisis. Purportedly, Ndedi Eyango’s
lawyers have vowed that they will not take the decision down low. Classified sources
hinted at weekend that Ndedi Eyango has also vowed that the matter is yet from
over. Allegedly Ndedi Eyango says he will seize the competent jurisdiction that
has the competence to hear the matter pertaining to nationality. It should be
recalled that Ndedi Eyango was voted Board chair of SOCAM in November but on
December 23, 2013, Ama Muna signed a decision in which she declared Ndedi
Eyango was not a Cameroonian. Yet, Ndedi Eyango hammered that Ama Tutu Muna did
not have the loco standi on his nationality. Minister Ama Muna went ahead to
set up a normalization Committee headed by San Fan Thomas. Since then, dark
clouds have been hanging over who is the Board chair of SOCAM.

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